Reminder on the existance of remap

OrangeNero · Commander **Joined**: 11 Jan 2012

Just wanted to post a small reminder that the game has something called remappable colors and that their usage is advised to make the unit usable. just noticed quite a lot of assets here and on YR arg that suffer a lot from having no remap or barely any.

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PillBox20 · Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2014 3:11 pm Post subject:

Agree! Without remap the units are kind of unfinished and are not that interesting.

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Lin Kuei Ominae · Seth **Joined**: 16 Aug 2006 **Location**: Germany

Reminder on the existence of VSE.

Just wanted to post a small reminder that the community has something called Voxel Section Editor and that its usage is advised to make the unit fit to your own needs.
And replacing the colors of a few voxel is a piece of cake.

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Nikademis Von Hisson · Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2014 6:04 pm Post subject:

To be honest I am not a fan of remapping. When I make a civilian building I do not make it remappable. When you are in combat you don't always know where the enemy is. You should always be aware of your surrounding. I use as little remap as possible for units

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OmegaBolt · Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2014 6:29 pm Post subject:

As LKO said anyone can easily add remap, doesn't take any skill in voxeling either as its just recolouring areas. You could also complain that not every voxel matches a particular style, so look stupid when put together without editing however the original artists weren't making it for any one person in particular, besides themselves. Really you have to live with these issues or fix them yourself, thats what modding is about afterall.

You could even post your edited work up here afterwards so others dont have to do it again.

Orac · Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2014 9:21 pm Post subject:

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To be honest I am not a fan of remapping. When I make a civilian building I do not make it remappable. When you are in combat you don't always know where the enemy is. You should always be aware of your surrounding. I use as little remap as possible for units

ztype realism. I want to play the damn game, and that means that I need to pay attention to silhouettes, colour schemes, and house colours. The RTS genre is designed to throw a lot of visual and auditory stimuli at the player and force them to make decisions. The moment you start muddying the waters unnecessarily you turn that stimulus from fun to annoying. You become aware of your surroundings through the use of visual and auditory stimuli, so by removing these stimuli you're actually reducing the situational awareness of players, which is key to keeping the game fun and playable.

Remap is especially important at higher player counts, where multiple players are playing as the same faction. The moment of confusion when you mistake your ally's troops for your enemy's and divert a force to counter them... ztype that shit. I want to play the game.